Faculty of Arts

GERMAN 728

Special Topic: Karl Wolfskehls Spate Dichtungen

Description

An examination of Karl Wolfskehl's poems from Die Stimme Spricht (1934/1947) and the cycle Hiob oder Die Vier Spiegel (1944/1950) which will also look at Wolfskehl's friendships with New Zealand writers such as Frank Sargeson, R.A.K. Fairburn and Denis Glover, giving a unique insight into the Auckland literary scene in the 1940s.